Researches in microwave photonics based packages for millimeter wave system with wide bandwidth and large dynamic range

Abstract

This paper presents an introduction to the researches in microwave photonics based packages and its application, a 973 project (No. 2012CB315600), which focuses on addressing new requirements for millimeter wave (MMW) system to work with higher frequency, wider bandwidth, larger dynamic range and longer distance of signal distribution. Its key scientific problems, main research contents and objectives are briefed, and some latest achievements by the project team, including generation of linear frequency modulation wave (LFMW), tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) with lower phase noise, reconfigurable filter with higher Q value, time delay line with wider frequency range, down conversion with gain, and local oscillator (LO) transmission with stable phase, are introduced briefly.

Keywords

linear frequency modulation wave (LFMW) generation / tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) / reconfigurable filter / time delay line / down-conversion / phase stable transmission

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Nos. 2012CB315600 and 2012CB315601/02/03/04/05/06).

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